Friday, July 23, 2010

ill will

From: ill will Solar 7 student after FINAL Exam.

looking at my test scores and overall you can say I need some more help on pv. I just want you to know how thankful i am ta have such a cool relaxed and smart ass teacher. I can admit that i do wonder off but I still hung in there the best i could besides all of my outside world beef but im not making excuses. Thanks for writtng that letter to the judge and keeping me in the class I really appreciate that a lot. If i need to talk to someone about solar believe me your phone will be ringing. You had faith in me more then i had in myself this class made me look at things way different. I can actually say i completed something that has to do with education i might not of been the best but I know I'm way more knowledgeable about solar.. So again thank you so much Tom Hugget

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Paul L

Hi Tom,

I worked last week on my first commercial job (with Tony). It was really experience for me. Just want to thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

I'm pretty sure I got hired because of your training and also the time I've done with Grid Alternatives. The person hiring me saw on my resume that I'd done 11 installs with 5 of them being team leader and that's what caught his eye. I recommend your future students to volenteer for them, even though they do things I would do different, you still get the experience of being on the roof, learning what type of tools you need, just all the basic stuff.

Thanks again,

Paul L
Have a great day.

Tony at SAP, Palo Alto

from Facebook to Sol Training:
Tom, We just completed our work through VEP at SAP, in Palo Alto. Some wheres of about 780 panels, on 4 separate roofs, no racking. The panels were mounted on a ballasted system and weighed down with paver stones, with no penetrations. We were informed by the GF (general foreman), we had broken records installing an array this large in 4 days (10 hours each). The good news is, there were guys working on this job that had attended both day and night solar classes at JobTrain, 6 guys. Out of these guys, the ones that attended your classes were: Steve Combs and I, Solar 5 and Paul Ledeboer, Solar 6. The key issue out on these multi-storied roofs is to stay hydrated all day long. The temperature had reached around 120 degrees in certain areas of the roof, at different times of the day; hope you feel like a proud (poppa) or instructor!.........Tony